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The decline of American exceptionalism
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Donald Trump weighs in
- Duration 3:15
- Date Apr 14, 2012
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The -- -- this as a shrewd businessman with a tough as nails approach to negotiating.
Now the second part of our interview trump explains how the Obama administration has failed in dealing with trading partners like China.
Also weighs in the 2012 race and why he believes -- campaign trail will be a rough road.
This will be I believe the -- he's campaign ever.
Because.
Welch is going to be very nasty campaign it's people don't realize that Obama was very nasty with Hillary Clinton I mean to -- I know that clintons have friends of mine that was.
Will probably the -- -- it was a nasty -- race ever run they say it made the Republicans.
The way they're going at each other now was like peanuts by comparison.
Obama was very very nasty to Hillary Clinton -- to a point where I was almost surprised that she took the position she took.
When you take a look at Americans have -- and there are those who believe that.
This president is one that is content to manage what he perceives as a decline in America -- do you believe that's.
We are not respected like we once -- we are not to great exception we are not to great.
The great nation that we once were you have other nations that are absolutely eating our lunch they're loaning us money -- paying them interest you look at what -- doing.
China this year will make 350 billion dollar call it profit 350 billion dollars on us.
They take our jobs and manipulate their currency they make our product.
They're doing numbers like an incredible they're doing -- great -- they are absolutely doing an amazing job for themselves.
You look at what's going on with some of the OPEC nations to kind of money they're making they wouldn't be there except for -- -- When I look at what's happening and that we talk about American exceptional -- You can't really use that term right now are you saying that the president is to -- -- for most of us well for a lot of it I think there's a and attitude when you turn down pipelines when you don't allow drilling when you.
Go to OPEC can can just pay exorbitant prices for oil and for gasoline and for everything else that we're buying from other countries period.
Certainly he's allowing that to happen I just think he has a different idea -- where he wants to see this country then.
A lot of other folks and our country is in decline we're not doing well.
As an example unemployment they said it went down a little bit but it really didn't all it is is numbers.
When people stop looking for a job that they come off the rolls the real numbers probably 121%.
They said it was eight point 2%.
Not eight point eight point two -- -- But if you -- to people back to can't find jobs that have given up you're talking about eighteen to 21%.
At some point people feel so dispirited.
That they checked out and what does that do to.
The culture and of itself what you were -- -- is a great word because that's really what it is they are dispirited they've lost confidence in themselves and in the country.
I think they can come back with the proper leadership I know they can come back.
-- gallon optimistic person.
So what -- Internet options -- where does that come from.
Well I believe in myself I believe in the greatness of this country I believe that we're eventually going to get it right we have tremendous potential in this country but we have to know what we're doing right now we don't know what we're doing.